This fine small
volume by one of America's foremost exponents of rhododendrons is devoted to
those plants suitable to the Northeastern part of the United States. Readers
will immediately recognize in this edition Dr. Bowers fine style of writing that
was so successful in his great work "Rhododendrons and Azaleas." In that part of
America there is a great and ever increasing interest in rhododendrons that will
survive, and Dr. Bowers presents in a practical way how to chose those
varieties, and the best cultural practices to follow.
Readers in more temperate climates
will feel a bit sorry that very little advance has been made in better hybrids
for that part of the country. With the recent surge of hybridization on the East
coast I am sure that the next decade will find many fine plants to supplant the
rather jaded list now available.
While the text deals almost
exclusively with the hardiest hybrids and species Dr. Bowers could not refrain
from mentioning just a few tender hybrids and species-along with a few
borderline subjects.